MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL (FLORIDA)

'Monarch High School' located in Coconut Creek, Florida, USA is a high school that is part of the Broward County Public Schools system. The Principal is Anne Dilgen.

Contents

Athletics

Pinwheels for Peace

Physical facilities

Digital Learning Environment

References

External links

Athletics

Quarterback Derek Rifenbury threw for 2,036 yards and 19 touchdowns in his senior year at the School in 2006-07 and represented the USA in the 2007 NFL Global Junior Championship.^[1]
Monarch's Boys Varsity Soccer team won four straight district titles in the school's four year existence.

Pinwheels for Peace

A program started by two teachers at Monarch High, the ''Pinwheels for Peace Project'' invites students to create and display their pinwheels on the campus during the International Day of Peace and has been adopted internationally.^[2] Groups in more than 1,350 places have planted more than half a million pinwheels throughout the world though some USA schools found them 'too political'.^[3]

Physical facilities

The pair of buildings that make up the school were designed by the Miami architectural firm Zyscovitch on a design/build basis. Part of one building can be used as a hurricane shelter if necessary and the project is designed to enable community use of the facilities when not being used by the school.^[4]

Digital Learning Environment

The school provides each student with a laptop computer as part of a program to enhance accessibility to data on the internet, as well as students' knowledge of technology. Monarch High is usually referred to as a ''Digital Learning Environment''.^[5]

References

1. "International athletes ready in South Florida", Miami Herald, January 30, 2007
2. "Pinwheels for Peace", Education World, August 9, 2005
3. "No place for Pinwheels for Peace", Patty McCormac, Valley News, January 9, 2006
4. "Monarch High School", Learning by Design 2004, American School Board Journal
5. "Digital Learning Environment", Monarch High School

External links

★ Offical site

★ Broward County Public Schools